Living Like a Girl

Maria A. Vogel has a PhD in Social work and is director of research at a municipal Research and Development unit in Stockholm, Sweden. Her main research areas are young people with psychosocial problems, and secure care. An overall theme in her research is the role of gender in young people’s lives and development, with a special interest in teenage girls and the construction of girlhood.

“This collection truly captures what it means to live like a girl in contemporary Europe, and it is sure to be a key resource for scholars working in the area for years to come.” • Fiona Vera-Gray, Durham University

• List of illustrationsAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction: Introducing the Lives of Girls in a European Context and Beyond: Agency, Social Vulnerability and Welfare MeasuresLinda Arnell and Maria A. VogelPART I: AGENCY AND EMBODIMENT: GIRLS GENDERED EXPERIENCES OF VULNERABILITY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMSChapter 1. Girlhood and Agency in a Turbulent Society: Russian Girls Caught in the Maze of a Conservative TurnOlga Zdravomyslova and Elena OneginaChapter 2. Just Ordinary: Self-Surveillance in Relation to Gender and (Dis)Ability NormsKamilla PeuravaaraChapter 3. Youth Consumption, Agency and Signs of Girlhood: Rethinking Young Italian Females’ LifestylesGeraldina RobertiChapter 4. 'Good Girl': Israeli Ethiopian Girls Negotiate Their BlacknessSigal Oppenhaim-ShacharChapter 5. Fighting Like a Boy? Victimization and Agency in the Lives of Young Women Who OffendSusan A. BatchelorPART II: TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD: GIRLS' PROSPECTS OF EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILYChapter 6. Poor Educational Attainment, Training Opportunities, and Transitions to Adulthood: The Case of Young Spanish WomenElena Quintana-Murci, María Tugores-Ques and Francesca Salvà-MutChapter 7. Transitions of Young Women from Education to Employment in Croatia: Social Reproduction at WorkDunja PotocnikChapter 8. Study Counselling Experiences and Educational Choice-Making of Girls with Migrant Backgrounds in the Context of Finnish General Upper Secondary EducationLinda Maria Laaksonen, Anna-Maija Niemi and Markku JahnukainenChapter 9. ’We Can’t Keep Her Here, She’s Too Bad’: Understanding the Role of Inclusion Programmes in Working-Class Girls' Post-School TrajectoriesHannah WaltersPART III: SUPPORT AND CONTROL: WELFARE MEASURES HANDLING GIRLS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTSChapter 10. Becoming a 'Football Girl': On Disidentification and Appropriation of Gender Norms and Hierarchies in Sports-Based Interventions in the Swedish Urban PeripheryMagnus Dahlstedt, David Ekholm and Julia RönnbäckChapter 11. 'Really, I Can Take Care of Myself': Protection and Care in Danish Secure InstitutionsAnn-Karina HenriksenChapter 12. Girlhood Incarcerated: Perspectives from Secure CareAnnie Crowley, Anna Schliehe and Maria A. VogelConclusion: (How) Can You Live Like a Girl?: Summing Up Differences and SimilaritiesMaria A. Vogel & Linda ArnellIndex